Jeanne villepreux power biography

Jeanne Villepreux-Power née Jeanne Villepreux was a pioneering French marine biologist who in 1832 was the first person to create aquaria for experimenting with aquatic organisms.

Jeanne villepreux power biography

The English biologist Richard Owen referred to her as the "Mother of Aquariophily."

Villepreux-Power was born in Juillac, Corrèze, the eldest child of a shoemaker. At the age of 18, she walked to Paris to become a dressmaker, a distance of over 400 kilometres (250 mi).

In 1816, she became well known for creating the wedding gown of Princess Caroline in her wedding to Charles-Ferdinand de Bourbon. She met and married the English merchant, James Power, in 1818 and the couple moved to Sicily.

In Sicily she began to study natural history; in particular she made physical observations and experiments on marine